Tag Archives: SJC

A plaintiff could seek compensation under the erroneous convictions statute after his criminal convictions were overturned by the Appeals Court because the evidence was insufficient to support them, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. “The Commonwealth asserts that, ‘categorically,’ insufficient ...

A sentencing judge lacked discretion not to impose global positioning system (GPS) monitoring as a condition of the probationary portion of the sentence she imposed on a defendant who pleaded guilty to disseminating visual material depicting a child in a ...

Gov. Deval L. Patrick has nominated Ralph D. Gants to serve as the next chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. The official announcement was made at a press conference yesterday. If confirmed by the Governor’s Council, Gants will succeed ...

The Supreme Judicial Court is requesting amicus briefs in the following case, scheduled for May: • SJC-11654 — Campatelli v. Carey, et.al. The justices are seeking amicus briefs as to the authority of the chief justice and court administrator of ...

Just days after Supreme Judicial Court Justice Fernande R.V. Duffly joined her new colleagues on the bench to begin hearing cases, the judicial hot stove is once again heating up with speculation over who Gov. Deval L. Patrick will select ...

Justice Roderick L. Ireland was confirmed last week as the first black chief of the Supreme Judicial Court. The Governor’s Council voted 7-0 in favor of the historic confirmation. The eighth councilor, Michael J. Callahan, did not attend the hearing ...

As the aftershocks from the bombshell report issued by independent counsel Paul F. Ware Jr. last month on alleged corruption inside the state’s Probation Department continue to rock judicial and political circles, some are now asking whether the Supreme Judicial ...